Plenty of research gathered on the subject by @cyclinguk.bsky.social:

If you scroll aaaall the way to the bottom they've managed to put in *one* positive comment. Please can we have a bit more balance and research next time, @manchestereveningnews.co.uk? It's a well-evidenced fact that schemes like this are good for businesses and residents.

Read more about our demands for Safe Active Travel for Women & Girls in Greater Manchester via our blog. www.walkridegm.org.uk/2025/08/27/s...

At Walk Ride GM, we’ve had enough. If you would like to join Walk Ride GM’s working group to campaign on this issue, please contact us at [email protected].

Evidence shows more women cycle when our highways and public spaces are designed with women’s perspectives and lifestyles at the forefront, including ‘trip-chaining’ between various destinations. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The risk of incidents like this is increased by a ‘cycle network’ reliant on shared-use canal towpaths & narrow, poorly lit routes out of sight of roads. Women should be safe everywhere – and deserve to have the option of wide pavements & protected cycleways on roads like Hyde Road & Ashton New Rd.

Language inciting hate and violence towards people cycling is normalised – language which would be completely unacceptable to use about other groups. The attack on Klaudia comes only months after disgusting comments made by local MP Andrew Gwynne. www.walkridegm.org.uk/2025/02/23/w...

Walk Ride GM was horrified by the recent news of a hate crime against Klaudia Mitura on the Ashton Canal. There is no excuse for violence, including this example of male violence against women. Incidents like this are made more likely by a widespread press and media bias against cyclists. 🧵

We're thrilled by this decision. Fewer cars on roads means buses on time, better air quality, less sound pollution, more pleasant roads for cycling, better for pedestrians... The Council has also responded to lots of suggestions via the consultation to make appropriate adjustments and exemptions.

Meanwhile in Greater Manchester... (It does look like Oxford is going to be the British test case for what happens when a city goes all in for #ActiveTravel) @walkridegm.org.uk @cycloxoxford.bsky.social

We somehow missed this consultation for the #HeywoodTriangle - this looks like a really easy win diverting through traffic away from a school and park. Please write to your councillors if you’re near there to support. @walkridegm.org.uk

At Walk Ride GM, we’re demanding safe active travel for women and girls in Greater Manchester. Research by Lime found that 100% of female survey respondents want improvements aimed at personal safety. Read more here: www.walkridegm.org.uk/2025/08/27/s...

As far as we are aware, @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social is yet to have a #SchoolStreet scheme despite the success of an #ANPR scheme in Oldham. @triciaayr.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk @solveschoolrun.bsky.social

"Looking at the entire British population, 90% of citizens live in areas which breach World Health Organization guidelines." New analysis by @healthequals.bsky.social emphasises the inequities of exposure and vulnerability to #AirPollution, & shows how far we still have to go to clean up our air.

It would be really good to see some progress on #SchoolStreets in @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social @triciaayr.bsky.social

Yes, to this! we've seen the congestion created by the school run increase air pollution by over 50% between 7-10am at our local junction. School streets desperately needed, firstly to make it much safer for all the pupils already walking or cycling, and also to encourage others to do the same.

As the schools go back, the additional traffic from the school run will be obvious. For a substantial proportion, especially primary, the distance to school is less than a mile so walking, wheeling or cycling would be feasible if it felt safer to do so #SchoolStreets @solveschoolrun.bsky.social

A good read on why we need to reverse the trend towards ever bigger cars. Children are 82% more likely to be killed in a collision with an SUV rather than a small car. #Carspreading

#SchoolStreets are really important for childhood health & there is some evidence that walking, wheeling or cycling to school improves academic performance. Government targets are going to be missed & #Rochdale has no School Streets yet. @livingstreets.bsky.social @triciaayr.bsky.social

The plans now retain access with a 3-3.5m width bidirectional cycle lane along the length of the new development on Cavendish Street. The plans do not address further works on the junction with Cambridge Street.

This is excellent work by @walkridegm.org.uk and retains an important cycling route in central Manchester

We did it! @manmetuni.bsky.social has dropped plans to block Cavendish Street to cyclists A huge thanks to everyone who spoke up with us Join us at All Saints Park on 4th September at 5pm as we celebrate our success together with a toast to the campaign

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc. Via @theconversation.bsky.social

This petition to promote #ActiveTravel needs more signatures. Please share, #cyclists and #pedestrians.

This is the same issue identified by the @appgcw.bsky.social report on e-bikes - #FakeEBikes and the gig economy conditions that promote their use carry a real risk of undermining the #decarbonisation benefits regs-compliant e-bikes offer. @walkridegm.org.uk @lauralaker.bsky.social

Some good stuff in here about the importance of community driven #SchoolStreets as the hubs of #LivableNeighbourhoods. Where are @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social’s school street schemes? @triciaayr.bsky.social @podstreetsahead.bsky.social

Irresponsible ‘both sides’ reporting on vulnerable road users from #BBCLookNorth here, in a week when two unprovoked attacks on fe mail cyclists have been reported. Why is there never sensational reporting on the main cause of #RoadDanger, unsafe and uninsured drivers?

“Opinions have been divided” How can the MEN justify both sidesing an unprovoked attack?

#CyanLines looks like an excellent initiative to promote leisure cycling, but it would be nice to see delivery on the #BeeNetwork vision for #ActiveTravel

New guidance from HMG on better estimating the benefits of #ActiveTravel

This raises some important issues about how our politicians largely see cycling as a leisure activity rather than #ActiveTravel with the health and #decarbonisation benefits this can bring. But even then leisure infrastructure is often poor quality and poorly maintained

Please consider signing this petition to help ensure alternative long-distance walking and cycling routes are provided when existing ones are lost to major transport schemes #ActiveTravel @cyclinguk.bsky.social @sustrans.bsky.social

“What is an acceptable death toll that justifies getting to work two minutes faster?” #20sPlenty @walkridegm.org.uk

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NEW 🚨 The Government has confirmed to local MP Jeff Smith that they will continue to support high quality cycling infrastructure with floating bus stops.

This is a well-thought through argument as to why #ChargingGullies are not the answer. (I suspect the point made below about gullies needing to be inspected is increased with #PavementParking and the resulting weight being applied to them…)

This is a great idea! @walkridegm.org.uk

More of this after #Phase2, @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social!

It’s really poor that, given the scale of the #SimisterIsland redevelopment, this important #ActiveTravel link has been ignored @transportaction.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

There are times when our long-distance walking and cycling paths such as the #TransPennineTrail are threatened by necessary development - please sign this petition to ensure that alternatives are provided when this happens @sustrans.bsky.social

Newcastle is not alone - despite @andyburnham.bsky.social’s pledge to have 100 #SchoolStreets in GM, and the success of an #ANPS scheme in Oldham, @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social currently has none - why not? @triciaayr.bsky.social @walk

Castleton #Beeline #Phase2 coming on nicely!

Please sign if you can to help safeguard long distance walking and cycling leisure routes, which are important for both #ActiveTravel and domestic #Tourism

It’s unfortunate that many #LowTrafficNeighbourhood schemes in Greater Manchester were watered down or abandoned. We call on @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social to revisit the #MilkstoneAndDeeplish scheme, with the health, air quality and road safety benefits this would bring.

What’s true in London will be true in our other towns and cities. The benefits of #ActiveNeighbourhoods are becoming overwhelming, and we need action, and now. Reinstate the #MilkstoneAndDeeplish trial. #StopDeKindermoord @rochdalecouncil.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

This is undeniably true - lazy journalistic tropes about #MAMILs and othering of cyclists risks efforts to improve #PublicHealth and relieve pressure on the NHS and social care. #ActiveTravel

It's hard to overstate the #PublicHealth benefits of walking, cycling and wheeling. We need more #ActiveTravel infrastructure, whether that's cycle lanes, #SchoolStreets (as announced today) or #ActiveNeighbourhoods @triciaayr.bsky.social @@elsieblundellmp.bsky.social @walkridegm.org.uk

This is a potentially game-changing announcement on #SchoolTravel - will be interesting to see the delivery #SchoolStreets #ActiveLifestyles

It would be interesting to compare with Greater Manchester. “We do things differently here” is likely to be proven wrong. #ActiveTravel @walkridegm.org.uk